Arslan Rezniqi

{{Short description|Kosovan Albanian Righteous Among the Nations}}

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Arslan Rezniqi was the first Kosovan Albanian to receive the title Righteous Among the Nations. He received the award posthumously on 2 December 2008, for housing 42 Jewish families and transporting 400 Jews to safety in Albania during the Holocaust, risking his life in the process.{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=18 November 2013 |title=Casting Light on Little-Known Story of Albania Rescuing Jews From Nazis |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/world/europe/casting-light-on-little-known-story-of-albania-rescuing-jews-from-nazis.html |access-date=5 July 2023}}{{Cite book |last=Sinani |first=Shaban |title=Albanians and Jews: The protection and salvation: A monographic study |publisher=Naimi |year=2014 |location=Tiranë |pages=278}}{{Cite web |date=15 January 2013 |title=H.Res.33 — 113th Congress (2013–2014) |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/33/text |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=Congress.gov}} He was a vegetable wholesaler, who was originally from Deçan.{{Cite book |last=Jürgs |first=Michael |title=Wer wir waren, wer wir sind: Wie Deutsche ihre Geschichte erleben |publisher=C. Bertelsmann Verlag |year=2015 |isbn=9783641159139 |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=31 May 2023 |title=History's Secret Heroes – 10. Arslan Rezniqi and the Besa Code |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fqnm9h |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=BBC Sounds}}